ChrisMueller
TVWBB Member
I've burned through 2 EDIMAX wifi adapters in about a month. When I first built my HeaterMeter, I had it connected to my network via cat5 because it was easy to run the cable and I had it on hand already. We moved to a new house recently, and it wasn't so easy to run CAT5 to my grill, so I bought one of these wifi adapters on amazon for $9.99. It worked just fine for a few weeks until I left my heatermeter out overnight, and it rained. Everything seemed fine with the heatermeter, but the wifi was dead. So I bought another one. Plugged it in this weekend and connected it to wifi, and it worked fine. Used it on the grill and it was misting just a little bit outside. I had the entire heatermeter under cover to avoid the rain, but within about 5 minutes of being outside, my wifi died again. I checked and sure enough the adapter seemed dead.
Are these things just ultra sensitive to water? Or is my Heatermeter somehow frying wifi adapters? I've got another one on the way, and I plan to be ultracareful about keeping it away from water. But I'm worried now.
Are these things just ultra sensitive to water? Or is my Heatermeter somehow frying wifi adapters? I've got another one on the way, and I plan to be ultracareful about keeping it away from water. But I'm worried now.